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Castle Island Brewing Company in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.83
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STYLE: India Pale Ale
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 58
SRM: 4.2
Malts/Adjuncts: 2-Row, Vienna, Crystal, Dextrose
Hops: CTZ, Simcoe, Cascade
Yeast: House Ale
Availability: Year-Round Distribution
First Debuted: December 11, 2015
Our flagship India Pale Ale is smooth but punchy; balanced yet intense. Despite the colossal amount of hops we cram into this beer, it’s still remarkably approachable-for pros and rookies alike-so grab a Keeper and save the day.
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 58
SRM: 4.2
Malts/Adjuncts: 2-Row, Vienna, Crystal, Dextrose
Hops: CTZ, Simcoe, Cascade
Yeast: House Ale
Availability: Year-Round Distribution
First Debuted: December 11, 2015
Our flagship India Pale Ale is smooth but punchy; balanced yet intense. Despite the colossal amount of hops we cram into this beer, it’s still remarkably approachable-for pros and rookies alike-so grab a Keeper and save the day.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can (7/9/24) from Total Wine & More, Burlington. Hazy golden yellow with light sparkle, thin head with good retention and awesome rings of lacing. Aroma is mixture of citrus, pine and bittering hops. Taste follows aroma but more assertive. Smooth texture, average carbonation and dry, yeasty finish as taste. East-meets-West hybrid but more West. Flagship IPA from a brewery as old as Castle Island seems from a bygone era.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2024
at 01:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Five Horses Tavern. Pours bronze. Grapefruit, toffee, grain, some bitter pithiness, a little straw. Medium body. Not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2023
at 02:00
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Refrigerated pint can, canned December 15, 2021 poured into a glass. Hazy golden with big white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is herbal hops.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2022
at 00:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a slightly hazy amber from a can. Big pine aroma and flavor, classic IPA. Good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Oct 2021
at 22:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Golfing with my buddies thanks to DK for supplying the hooch. Orange pour. Nose is citrus and pine. Tastes of crackers, oranges, pine. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2020
at 17:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can, from Cambridge Wine & Spirits, Medford, ME. Pours cloudy dark orange with foamy light beige head, faint grassy hops aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter resinous taste with grassy hops, thin body, long bitter finish. Classical American IPA, nothing extra.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jun 2019
at 04:07
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2018
at 09:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can - etched - pours gold white head - nose/taste of pine, lemon, citrus, dry cracker - medium body
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2016
at 00:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours slightly hazed gold into a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving soapy lacing. Caramel and resin aromas. Soft with sour malt and lemon joy upfront turning to stringent pith in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2016
at 18:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Highland Liquors, Newton cans: pours orange with a frothy white head. Aroma is citrus and pine with maltiness present. Taste is a bit on the bitter side. Pine and stuff. Somewhat sweet. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Sep 2016
at 15:10